My teenager, E, got his learner's permit yesterday. Oy. It only took 4 1/2 hours at MVA to do so. Frankly both hubby and I were amazed that he passed the knowledge test on the first try. Test-taking has never been one of E's strong-points. But I suppose if it really, really matters to him, he'll study.
So of course he wanted to drive home from MVA. I was like, "are you joking?!" He, like legions of teenagers before him (including, probably, his mother), thinks he's perfectly capable of driving anywhere he wants now. The idea of gradually working into it doesn't appeal to him at all. I have no problem letting him drive around the local streets, after some practice on how to work the car, but jeesh, take it easy bud.
I am so not ready for this.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Monday, April 17, 2006
Happy Easter!
Belated Happy Easter to everyone! We had a great day here. It started off early with two excited munchlings awaking to find their baskets filled and left in their rooms by good ol' Mr. EB. Unfortunately for me, he also left a big bowl full of mostly chocolate in a bowl in the foyer. Must...work....on...willpower.....
M&L had a great, I repeat great, time with my in-laws at the beach. They did just what I thought they'd do, and spent a lot of time with a little boy that lives just up the road. They even got to go on an Easter Egg hunt on Saturday on the beach. They were worn out when they arrived home! But it was good for them; and as far as I've heard, Grandmom & Granddad didn't have troubles with them.
In other news, I told E, my teenager, that I would take him to get his learner's permit soon. We printed out the driver's manual for him to study and he's been studying it over the weekend (that's probably the most studying he's done his entire life!). I told him I'd take him today, but then realized that the safe that has his birth certificate and other neccessary documents is behind a whole lot of construction junk. So we'll have to wait until later, when we can get to the safe. He's pretty bummed, which I understand, but it isn't like he was going to immediately start driving anyway. We still have to get him enrolled in a driver's ed course.
Wish me luck. Oy, a teenage driver in the house. I can...hardly...contain...my....excitement.
M&L had a great, I repeat great, time with my in-laws at the beach. They did just what I thought they'd do, and spent a lot of time with a little boy that lives just up the road. They even got to go on an Easter Egg hunt on Saturday on the beach. They were worn out when they arrived home! But it was good for them; and as far as I've heard, Grandmom & Granddad didn't have troubles with them.
In other news, I told E, my teenager, that I would take him to get his learner's permit soon. We printed out the driver's manual for him to study and he's been studying it over the weekend (that's probably the most studying he's done his entire life!). I told him I'd take him today, but then realized that the safe that has his birth certificate and other neccessary documents is behind a whole lot of construction junk. So we'll have to wait until later, when we can get to the safe. He's pretty bummed, which I understand, but it isn't like he was going to immediately start driving anyway. We still have to get him enrolled in a driver's ed course.
Wish me luck. Oy, a teenage driver in the house. I can...hardly...contain...my....excitement.
Friday, April 14, 2006
Be Careful What You Ask For
This being Spring Break, my wonderful in-laws offered to take my two youngest for a few days down to their house on the Chesapeake Bay. Hubby & I, of course, thought that was a WONDERFUL idea; and M&L were pretty darn excited about it. They LOVE that place; each of them has been going since they were born, and even though we (our immediate family) only spend two weeks each summer there, plus an oh-too-occasional weekend, they feel like it's their second home.
This is a place that is literally a throw back to when I was a kid. It's a community of older, once-log cabin summer homes that have by and large been modernized, added-onto, air-conditioned (thank God), and otherwise made suitable for modern inhabitance. Most important, however, is that it's the kind of place where kids get to be, well, just kids. Run around with a great degree of freedom; waaaaay more than they get to anywhere else in their universe. Play 'army guys' on the beach; go to the community house to hang with the 'buds'. Go exploring. Get dirty and not have your parents yell at you. Stay outside playing capture the flag way past your bedtime. Stuff kids should do. We are so incredibly lucky to have a place like this available to us.
So they left Tuesday after dinner, and should be home Saturday evening. Here's the thing that I totally didn't expect - I'm bored. Despite my many happy dances when I found out they'd be going, I sort of don't know what to do with myself without them here. I thought I'd revel in my freedom; I don't have to get out of bed until I'm ready; no fighting; no "Mom, I'm bored"; no pbj's to make. I get to do whatever I want to do. 'Cept I don't know what I want to do.
I've been practicing a lot, and hubby and I have had some good alone time, but other than that, I'm kind of hoping they come back soon. I have plenty, in fact too much, going on in my life, but without the centers of my world here, I'm lost.
Oh lordy, what AM I going to do when the empty nesting starts?
This is a place that is literally a throw back to when I was a kid. It's a community of older, once-log cabin summer homes that have by and large been modernized, added-onto, air-conditioned (thank God), and otherwise made suitable for modern inhabitance. Most important, however, is that it's the kind of place where kids get to be, well, just kids. Run around with a great degree of freedom; waaaaay more than they get to anywhere else in their universe. Play 'army guys' on the beach; go to the community house to hang with the 'buds'. Go exploring. Get dirty and not have your parents yell at you. Stay outside playing capture the flag way past your bedtime. Stuff kids should do. We are so incredibly lucky to have a place like this available to us.
So they left Tuesday after dinner, and should be home Saturday evening. Here's the thing that I totally didn't expect - I'm bored. Despite my many happy dances when I found out they'd be going, I sort of don't know what to do with myself without them here. I thought I'd revel in my freedom; I don't have to get out of bed until I'm ready; no fighting; no "Mom, I'm bored"; no pbj's to make. I get to do whatever I want to do. 'Cept I don't know what I want to do.
I've been practicing a lot, and hubby and I have had some good alone time, but other than that, I'm kind of hoping they come back soon. I have plenty, in fact too much, going on in my life, but without the centers of my world here, I'm lost.
Oh lordy, what AM I going to do when the empty nesting starts?
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